Going the same way but staying in a different place than us.
We chose a Harvest Host spot for the night Mesa Vista Winery. We sat around with the locals hearing about the area.
The next morning as we were coming out of the El Paso area, we saw huge boulders and then the scenery changed to yucca plants and some small Joshua Trees.
We are staying at Dog Canyon dispersed camping tonight, Saturday. The weather is perfect, 70 degrees through the day with a nice breeze and then at night it cools down to around 55 degrees. This is our view today.
After we got set up, we visited the White Sands Monument, in the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico. It’s the largest gypsum dune field in the world, covering 275 square miles in the Chihuahuan Desert. As the winds blow, sand shifts. They have to plow the road when the drifts cover the road. Wow, so much white sand dunes but no water. It was crazy. We walked on the boardwalk to learn about the natural habitat.
Can you see the bleached lizard in here. He’s camouflaged. I only picked him out because he moved.
Then we drove around the dunes and I got out to walk on them. It was so different than sand at the beach. It wasn’t hot, in fact, it was cool. There were people and kids hiking and riding sleds down the dunes.
Great stop.
Sunset
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